Product Description: When a bomb explodes in a Hell's Kitchen pub, Frank Castle embarks on a deadly mission that pits him against two rival gangs. One thing is certain: The Punisher won't be pulling his punches! One of comics' most provocative writers takes one of comics' most provocative characters in a new direction - any direction he wants! Collecting PUNISHER #7-12.
Possibly the best of Punisher MAX The Punisher MAX is a great comic. I couldn't bring myself to say 'better' than the Punisher Marvel Knights title, just different. The strength of the Marvel Knights title is its humor, while the strength of the MAX series is its uncompromising gore and grit. The writing is excellent throughout most of the story arcs, and the art is generally great as well. The exception to this being the first book, "In the Beginning" , where everyone is drawn so wrinkly that they look like humans crossed with pug dogs. But beginning here, with Kitchen Irish, the title has a run of great writing and excellent art to back it up. It's highly recommended for Punisher fans, or just those in need of a dark, violent, and still laugh-out-loud funny comic.
another great Punisher book This is another outstanding Punisher comic book. The animation and story line are great.
Punisher as he should be I am a big fan of Garth Ennis and The Punisher.
I read Garth's first Punisher work in 2000 and loved every issue.
This new series w/ MAX really gets deeper with his personality and doesn't just show him as some killing machine(which is what we want). Having him not kill that much this time around made the story much more meaningful.I love my action just like the next guy,but I do want to get more development out of Frank.
I hope Vol.2 Irish Kitchen is as well done.
BRILLIANT PUNISHER STORY Meet the Punisher, or rather better realise you really don't wanna meet him. In fact, you could very sanely not want to have anything to do with him. This story is not about the MARVEL Universe Punisher, this story is about the around-the-block flesh and bones Frank Castle, aka_The Punisher. Afar is the world where some masked bloke in tights would jump into the panel and start throwing fancy punches and kicks. The guns in this story are really intended to kill and, mind you, bullets don't just kill, they kill by ripping flesh and bones and guts. given this context, the story is fast paced, and tightly driven. It works mostly as a presentation card, and it works brilliantly. Characterisation is superb, nicely intertwined with the plot. I don't think I could say more. The genre? Lessee, we have maffia killers, underground CIA killers, vigilante killer, shootings, flesh bitings, one castration, definitely best placed in the Violence-Action shelf.
So go and read it. Oh, kids stay away from it. Just to say it twice: Kids_stay_away_from_it.
YE SHOWER OF C**TS!! As in real-life events, Kitchen Irish starts after In the Beginning. Ever wonder what how, when or why Hell's Kitchen reveals its ugly site? This is where Kitchen Irish comes along. To get an average reader understand the premise of the story, Ennis has used various references from movies like Gangs of New York and The Devil's Own. In addition, Ennis has created some of the wonderful supporting characters from real-life celebrities or fictional characters such as Lucy Lawless, Martin Landau, Bill the Butcher, Mason Verger and whoever that you see.
The gangs in Hell's Kitchen are fighting over a sum of $10 million - a will left by the late gang boss Nesbitt. To this end, every gang will slug it out toe to toe to reach for the prize at all costs, even if it means of having their members killed or causing a collateral damage which involves our vigilante. As it goes on and on, it seems that the gangs will have a hard understanding on Nesbitt's message to them which involves are harsh and punishing way of saying, "Will You Stop That? " or "No Rest For The Wicked."
Kitchen Irish was the real opposite in terms of mood and tone depicted in In The Beginning. Ennis has brought back the black-comedy elements as seen in the Maxi series. The real highlight in this story arc is not the story itself but Leandro Fernandez's (Wolverine) art. Clean and better looking, it's totally different that what Lewis Larosa illustrated in the previous volume. The colors are brighter and have more variety, but one problem was that there are some inconsistencies in the character faces drawn in one frame compared to the previous frame. Nonetheless, Leandro's art was real good and thus he was brought in by Ennis to work on the next upcoming story arcs, The Slavers and Up Is Down, Black Is White.
A lot of people asked of the lack of sex elements in the current series. One of the parts of the story is the only one moment in the series to have sex elements. Although the series has the highs on wanton violence and the language used, the real low was on the sex thing. As you can see, Frank doesn't do this ever since the family's murder. Another thing that makes the story fell short compared to In the Beginning is Frank himself. In here, Frank became more or less a secondary character and instead the gangs were given the priority first. Not much of the personal emotions of Frank elicit so often were shown here.
Anyway, it provides a relief to the cold mood in the previous volume. If you like the laughs, if you are a fan of Leandro's art or even like The Punisher, it's a good read really. Good but not that great.
[This review posted by my friend Melvin, also from Malaysia!]
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